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ulxxirlezo STATES PATENT y OFFICE YDAVID HAWK'SWORTI-I, OF DETROIT, :MIICHfGi-AN,` ASSIGNOR TO HUTCHINS CAR ROOFIN G COMPANY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORIORA'IION 0F MICHIGAN.

. RUN NING-BOARD SADDLE.

1,385,618. Original application filed August 30,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID WV. HAwKs- WORTH, Va citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayneand State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Board Saddlesof which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accom aan in r o y y o drawings.

The invention relates to car roofs and is particularly adapted for use in car roofs of that type in which the roofing sheets are weather proofed by carline and ridge caps, which are in turn weather proofed by junction caps held in place by bolts having their heads extended thereabove. @ne of the objects of the invention is to obtain a simple construction of running board saddle which will weather proof the head of the bolt eX- tending above the junction cap so that any water falling upon the running board saddle will be discharged without the confines of the bolt head. Other objects of the invention reside in the novel arrangements and combinations of parts as more fully hereinafter set forth. This application is a division'of my prior application.. Serial No. 252,001, filed Aug. 30, 1918, for car roof.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a transverse sectional view through a portion of thecar roof, with the running board saddle embodying'my invention applied; Y

Fig. 2 ris a plan view of the running board saddle;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 4 is a similar view of a modified construction.'

A are the carlines; B is the ridge purlin arranged upon the carlines centrally thereof; and C are the relatively-movable rooiing sheets having the upstanding flanges D at their sides which -are weather proofed bv the carline caps'E and also provided with the upstanding flanges F their ridge, which are weather proofed by the ridge caps G. H are the junction caps fitting upon the adjacent ends rof the carline and ridge caps .E and Gr respectively for weather prooi'ingthe car roof.A and I are tbe'bolts for securing the junction caps to the carlines, thebolts extending centrally through Specification of Letters Patent.

191s, serial No. 252,001. 11, 1920. serial No; 364,942.

Patented July 26", 1921.

Divided and this application filed March in the planes of the carlinecaps andrig'idly f connected near opposite ends to the carlines Av by the Z-shaped brackets Kformed of pressed sheet metal and having the reinforcing side flanges K. The shoulder bolts L extend at right angles to the base flanges of the brackets K and the inclined shoulders A upon. the carlines A and are engaged at .their lower ends by the nuts vL to secure the brackets rigidly in place. The upper shoulders L2 upon theshoulder Vbolts fit tightly upon the carline caps E and maintain these caps and also the* brackets K in Xed spaced relation relative to the carlines A. With this construction each running board saddle forms a truss for the central portion of the carline inasmuch as its ends are rigidly rconnected to the carlines at spaced points upon opposite sides of the ridge purlin. y

With the above construction the assembly since the carline caps E, the brackets K and the bolts L can be assembled and secured permanently together prior to thev complete assembly of the car roof.

The saddles .I are pressed from sheet metal to provide plain surface portions for supporting the running-boards and to provide weather-proofing means for the exposed heads I of the junction cap bolts I. In detail, each saddle hasthe horizontally-extending portion M for supporting ther-runningboards N and is also provided with the depressed transversely-extending channels O which provide suiiicient space beneath the runningboards for the nuts J2 of the bolts J securing the saddle to the brackets K. EX- tending longitudinally and centrally inward from the depressed channels O are the depending ribs I), which are inclined downwardly toward the center and at their inner endsl inclined sharply downward and terminate in the concavo-convex cap portion Q, adapted to surround and embrace the 'exposed head I oi" the bolt I to weather proof the sama The depending ribs Pare formed by striking out ythe longitudinal central portions of the saddle, which also forms the elongated openings I intermediate these deof the car roof is also greatly facilitated ruiming board saddle is'greatly reinforced and, furthermore, any moisture, cinders, or other materials which Would collect upon the saddlesare free toV pass through the open-V ings andvof the saddles.

f the centrally upwardly extending portion H of the junction cap and over the exposed head I of the bolty I `sov that the running board saddle assists the bolt in maintaining the junction capin place and, furthermore, eflcctually Weather proofs the bolt.

l/Vhat ,l claim as my invention is: y

l., A. running board saddle having a conf cavo-convex portionr embracing the head of a junction cap Ybolt to weather proof the same.'

v 2.v A running board saddle havinga concavo-convexv portion embracing the head of a junction cap bolt, the sides of said concavoconvex portion extending around and below the `plane of the bolt held to Weatherv proof y the same.V 1 K Y 3. A running board saddle having a con- 'cavo-convexportion embracing the head of junction cap bolt the sides ofrsaid portion extending around and below the plane thereof, and also having.longitudinally-extending apertures therethrough terminating at the bottom oftheosides of said concave-convexv portion.

il. A running board saddle formed'lof pressed sheet metal-having a plain surface portion for supporting ,the runningvboard ofthe car roof, vand a depressed veap portion for embracing the head of a junction cap bolt to weather proof thesaine.V

aKA running board saddle formedv of pressed rsheet metal having a plain'surface a car roof, reinforcingribs extendinglongitudinally thereof, and a concave-convex cap portion for embracing the head of a junction cap bolt to weather' proof the same.

' portion for supporting a running/board of v In testimony whereof I affix my 'Sigiiature.Y

DAVID W. HAWxsWoRTi-i. 

